Cigarette package



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CIGARETTE PACKAGE Filed March s, 194:5 ,l 2 shee's-sheet` 1 ya; /5 f" Im'entor y v Bf WE? M.' A Attorneys July 11, 1944. l K. M. FOLEY. l2,353,395

CIGARETTE PACKAGE F'ile'd March 3,'A 1943 2 sheets-sheet 2 InventarPatented July 11, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT oFElCE- Kathleen M. Foley,Morristown. N. J.

Application March 3, 1943, Serial No. 477,864

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements incigarette packages, and has for its primary object to provide novelmeans for destroying the usual revenue stamp, opening the package andthen elevating the first cigarette in a manner to facilitate itsremoval.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a cigarette package of theaforementioned character which will be comparatively simple inconstruction, strong, durable, compact, and which may be manufactured atlow cost.

All of the foregoing and still further objects and advantages of theinvention will become apparent from a study of the followingspecification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawingswherein like characters of reference designate corresponding partsthroughout the several views, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a cigarette package embodying thepresent invention, a corner portion of the wrappers being broken away ina manner to expose the opener.

Figure 2 is a view principally in vertical section through theinvention.

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the opening and lifting device.

Figure 5 is a plan view of the blank from which the opening and liftingdevice is formed.

Figure 6 is a detail view in front elevation of the lower portion of theopening and lifting device, showing a plurality of cigarettes adjacentthereto.

Figure 7 is a perspective view of the upper portion of the inner wrapperwith the opening and lifting device therein, showing said wrapperpartially folded.

Figure 8 is a view in front elevation of the package after it has beenopened, showing a cigarette which has been elevated to facilitate itsremoval.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, it will be seen that referencenumeral I designates generally a package or container of suitablematerial for the reception of the usual cigarettes 2.

The container I includes an inner wrapper 3, an intermediate wrapper 4and an outer wrapper 5, the latter being usually of Cellophane. Areveeach other.

is engaged under one of the cigarettes 2.

wrapper 3 is further provided with a longitudinal fold 9 which extendsover the fold l and which is also spaced from the fold 8. Anotherlongitudinal fold I0 extends over the adjacent portions of the folds 8and 9 and bridges the space therebetween. Then, a single fold II isfolded in the opposite direction over the folds 9 and Il).

Mounted in the inner wrapper 3 is a dispenser which is designatedgenerally by reference numeral I2. The dispenser I2 is formed from asingle strip of suitable heavy paper, cardboard or other material andcomprises a bar or the like I3 which extends vertically in the innerwrapper 3 adjacent one of the walls thereof. Projecting horizontallyfrom the lower end of the bar I3 is an integral, substantially segmentallip I4. Rising from one side of the lip I4 is an integral, substantiallysegmental flange I5. Formed integrally with the flange I5 is a tongue I6which is bent to extend transversely across the lower portion of the barI3, to which bar said tongue is adhesively or otherwise secured.

The dispenser I2 further includes an opener comprising a horizontallyextending arm Il which is integral with the upper end of the bar I3,said arm including a reversed portion I8 which terminates in a tab I9.

It is thought that the manner in which the invention functions will bereadily apparent from a consideration of the foregoing. Briefly, thedispenser I2 is inserted in the inner wrapper 3 closely adjacent one ofthe walls thereof, after which the cigarettes 2 are'inserted. Theconstruction and arrangement is such that the lip I4 The folds I and 9are then folded over the cigarettes and the elements I'I and IB of thedispenser I2 are brought thereover. The fold 8 is then folded over theadjacent portion of the arm I1. The fold I@ is then folded over the fold8 and the arm Il. The portion I8 of the opener is then folded back overthe fold I0 and the fold 8 and the tab I9 is turned downwardly, as seenin Figure 2 of the,

.ward movement of the dispenser I2, after the package has been opened,raises the bar I3 with the lip I4 thereon, thus elevating one of thecigarettes 2 for exposing the upper end portion thereof, as suggested inFigure 8 of the drawings, and facilitating its removal.

It is believed that the many advantages of a cigarette packageconstructed in accordance with the present invention Willbe readilyunderstood, and although a preferred? embodiment is as illustrated anddescribed, it is to be understood that changes in the details ofconstruction and in the combination and arrangement of parts may beresorted to which' will fall Within the Vscope of the invention 'asclaimed.

What is ciaimed is: A cigarette package comprising an inner Wrap-

